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Go topBy: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer A president carries many responsibilities, but in moments of national anxiety, the country looks for a pastor in chief — someone who can steady the spirit, not inflame the fear. Last night, that moment slipped away. President Trump appeared unusually strained as he delivered what could have … Continued
Arab America, the leading provider of digital media on Arab and Arab American identity, announces virtual internship opportunities for Summer 2026. Application Deadline: Open until all positions are filled. Term: 4 Months–Beginning May/June (Flexible) Responsibilities: Interns selected will be asked to focus on four or more of the following areas: *Applicants with marketing and digital … Continued
This is our one-hundred and fifteenth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts, academia, journalism, and politics. Our 115th pathbreaker is Nadine Ayoub, a Palestinian model, businesswoman and a role model for young women everywhere. As John Mason highlights, she represented Palestine in 2025 in the ‘Miss Universe’ contest, the first representative of Palestine at a Miss Universe contest. Going beyond the sheer aesthetics of a beauty contest, Ayoub has found a space to display the strength of her people alongside the suffering they have endured during the Israeli-Gaza war.
Traditional architecture offers a powerful lens into how societies have historically responded to their environments, resources, and cultural values. From the deserts of the Arabian Peninsula to the mountains of the Levant and the vast landscapes of North Africa and the Horn of Africa, each region developed distinct building styles rooted in necessity. These structures … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer A new war is brewing on Lebanon’s southern and eastern frontier — one that threatens to redraw borders, uproot communities, and plunge the region into a deeper cycle of conflict. Israel is preparing a ground invasion framed as a final blow against Hezbollah, but its ambitions reach … Continued
By: Mitzi Tapang / Arab America Contributing Writer Places are ordered in a system of opposition. It can be sacred and profane, protected and exposed, destroyed and preserved. All the same, each domain lurks within the etymology and practice of politics (polis; city-state) and ethics (ethos; habitats), disciplines that largely behold themselves to be rooted … Continued
By: Ghassan Rubeiz / Arab America Contributing Writer The United States and Israel may claim a military victory over Iran, but the region they say they are securing is more unstable, divided, and vulnerable than at any time in recent memory. Tactical success on the battlefield is rapidly becoming strategic failure for everyone involved. In … Continued
This is the one-hundred and thirteenth in Arab America’s series on American pathbreakers of Arab descent. The series features personalities from various fields, including entertainment, business, sports, science, the arts, academia, journalism, and politics. Our 113th pathbreaker is Walid Khalidi, a distinguished historian and a scholar of rare stature, who devoted his life to writing about Palestine and defending its cause. Contributing writer John Mason reports on Khalidi’s passing at age 100 in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 8, 2026. This article, then, is both an obituary and a celebration of Khalidi’s life.
By: Mitzi Tapang / Arab America Contributing Writer In 1863, the American missionary-botanist George Edward Post walked into what he would later call a botanical microcosm. Particularly, a replication of Palestine so compressed and floristically dense, confined to such a narrow strip of land, that one could pass from the Mediterranean littoral to mountain valley … Continued
By Badea Warwar/Arab America Contributing Writer In 1981, Michel Khleifi’s Palestinian documentary film Fertile Memory marked by the emergence of what may be considered an eroding cinematic era of explorations and discovery, articulating—in an eloquence of great simplicity—the depth projected concerning the contemporary plight of Palestinian women. Overarching historical references typically associated with documentaries form … Continued
By Ben Samuels/Arab America Contributing Writer Olive trees have been a crucial staple of Palestinian culture for decades, with deep ethnic ties that bring people together and represent many key ideas about heritage and culture. However, the role that olive trees play is much more multifaceted. Olive trees and, by extension, Olive Oil are a … Continued
By Londyn Sewell / Arab America Contributing Writer A Story with Global Reach The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025), directed by Kaouther Ben Hania and Co-produced by Watermelon Pictures, tells the story of six-year-old Hind Rajab, a Palestinian child whose desperate call for help reached people around the world. The documentary/ drama documents her final … Continued
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